This post was updated Feb. 3 at 9:44 a.m. UCLA is phasing out the use of ozone-depleting substances, in accordance with an update in federal regulations. Read more...
Photo: On Jan. 1, the Environmental Protect Agency halted the production and import of new reserves of R-22, an ozone-depleting refrigerant commonly referred to as freon. UCLA is phasing out the use of this substance in accordance to these guidelines. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The recent arrival of new boba shops in Westwood Village has given students more options to get their boba fix. The Village has seen the opening of two boba places in the past two months: Ichi, which replaced its fellow boba shop, CoCo Fresh Tea and Juice on Le Conte Avenue, and Sharetea at UCLA on Broxton Avenue. Read more...
Photo: Sharetea, a boba franchise based in Taiwan, opened on Broxton Avenue toward the end of last year. The shop joins fellow Westwood Village tea shops It’s Boba Time, Ichi Tea and Sushi, and Junbi. (Martín Bilbao/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Feb. 8 at 2:07 p.m. UCLA is considering implementing facial recognition software to the campus’ security camera system, prompting concern from students. Read more...
Photo: Approximately 200 students attended a town hall Wednesday in regards to a UCLA draft policy that would implement facial recognition software to the campus’ security camera system. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)
School-based psychotherapy can reduce the occurrence of mental health conditions after traumatic natural disasters, according to a UCLA-led study. In a study published in “Psychological Medicine” on Jan. Read more...
Photo: (Aileen Nguyen/Daily Bruin)
New student government rules will attempt to keep election coordinators from taking off with email and social media passwords when their term expires. Since 2019, two Undergraduate Students Association Council Election Board chairs were either removed or resigned in the middle of their term. Read more...
Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council passed revisions to the election code on Jan. 21 that added social media guidelines to prevent election board chairs from taking off with council’s social media and email credentials. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Jan. 30 at 1:52 p.m. Hazing killed Lianne Kowiak’s son in college. She says stopping hazing is everyone’s responsibility. Roughly 250 people attended a speech by Kowiak, an anti-hazing advocate, at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion Club on Tuesday night. Read more...
Photo: Lianne Kowiak’s son died as a result of hazing in 2008. She now travels to high schools and colleges across the country telling his story and advocating for stricter anti-hazing laws. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin)
A woman who allegedly paid for her son’s admission into UCLA has accepted a plea deal, according to a Los Angeles Times article Wednesday. Xiaoning Sui, who was detained by Spanish authorities in September, will plead guilty to federal program bribery, the article stated. Read more...
Photo: A woman who agreed to pay $400,000 for her son’s admission into UCLA has accepted a plea deal, according to a Los Angeles Times article. (Daily Bruin file photo)
